Here are the people volunteering to lead EDS. We would like to hear from you if you want to volunteer with us or have ideas on how to improve EDS to make it better for the children and youth. Have a look at our Future plans to see if you may help us accomplishing this.
Role: Leader & co-founder
Alamin studies Bachelor in Business Administration at the National University in Bangladesh. Has Diploma in Agriculture from the Agricultural training institute, Khulna, Bangladesh.
Role: Founder & Mentor
Hafiz has a PhD in Environmental microbiology from IKBM, the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB), Norway.
He has MSc in Management of natural resources and sustainabe agriculture from the Department of international environment and development studies (Noragric), UMB, Norway, MSc in Agronomy from BSMRAU, Bangladesh and BSc in Agronomy from Khulna University, Bangladesh.
Role: Mentor & co-founder
Trine has worked as a teacher and Peace corps coordinator at Sund Folk College in Norway.
She has also been teaching English, Environment and Civic education in Madagascar as a peace corps participant from Stavanger Municipality. Worked with UNICEF in Uruguay and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) in Timor- Leste.
Role: Mentor
Asma is studying MSc. in Development studies at Noragric, UMB, Norway.
Asma has Diploma in Sustainable development from Copehagen University, Denmark. She has MSc in Agronomy from BSMRAU, Bangladesh and BSc in Agronomy from Khulna University, Bangladesh.
Role: Mentor
Aktar is studying MSc in Environmental studies at the University of Tokyo, Japan (ADB-JSP scholarship).
Aktar is on leave from his job as an Assistant chief in the Planning commission of the Ministry of planning, Bangladesh.
EDS started in Moheswarpasha where Hafiz has been teaching children since he was 12 years old. We have expanded as classmates of the EDS students and owners of the jute mills have requested us to set up branches in their respective areas. Today EDS has six branches of which five are in Khulna and one in Bagerhat. Alamin is the overall responsible for all the branches and visits them regularly. In each area there is a local person taking care of the day-to-day running of the branch.
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